Photos: Death toll soars in Bangladesh unrest
A BenarNews journalist witnessed Border Guard Bangladesh members shoot three youths.
Clashes between police and protesters escalated in Bangladesh on Friday, the second day of a “complete shutdown” declared by students demanding an end to a job quota system.
A BenarNews journalist witnessed border guards shoot three youths near his residence as protesters vandalized a government office nearby and burned its furniture in the street.
BenarNews confirmed 63 deaths on Friday and “thousands” of people injured, after contacting hospitals in the Dhaka area. Another 32 people died in street clashes earlier in the week.
Authorities suspended metro rail service and banned all gatherings and motorcycle travel in Dhaka on Friday as they struggled to regain control of the city.
The internet has been completely shut down in Bangladesh since Thursday, and mobile communications are extremely slow.
Students began protesting in early July seeking reform of a quota for government jobs favoring the families of veterans of Bangladesh’s 1971 war for independence.
The protests escalated after disparaging comments by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday, with pro-government groups, law enforcement and demonstrators fighting in the streets.
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